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Patient awarded £92,000 after botched operation

Methley Park private Hospital in Yorkshire has been forced to pay more than £90,000 in medical negligence compensation after a mother of two almost lost her life following a routine gall stone operation.

This week the Manchester Evening News reported on how after being admitted to Methley Park for the operation, 38-year-old Paula Thomas appeared to be making a good recovery. But a few days after surgery she was re-admitted in extreme pain.

She was later transferred to the Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, where her condition became life threatening after she suffered multiple organ failure. The High Court in London later heard how during her initial operation Mrs Thomas's bile duct had been damaged, which led to the draining of seven litres of bile from her body.

Mrs Thomas made a claim for medical negligence compensation against surgeon Paul Curley who originally denied liability, maintaining that other problems could have caused the injury.

However, following the High Court hearing Mrs Thomas was awarded £92,000 in damages, after the court ruled that her injuries had indeed been caused through negligence.